Best schools in MD - MCPS lagging behind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:? I think that list looks pretty good for MCPS. Comparing a large public school system that has 30% FARMs to private schools that have less than 5% FARMS, and can be selective in who they let in? That is an apples to oranges comparison.

Is this the weekly I hate MCPS thread?

On DCUM, it's the daily I-hate-MCPS thread.

[Anonymous]

Best schools = where are the rich kids go whose parents want self segregate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of these 'rankings' are a self licking ice cream cone to make us feel better for the taxes we pay for substandard results. Read the Kirwan Commission Report for the real truth, not 'niche'. Our best students are likely two to three years behind their international peers. Also, when one of these schools -- MCPS included -- has the courage to take an international benchmark test like the PISA then we should give them a bow. MCPS central office deserves as much daily scorn as they receive on this board - probably even a little more -- for the curriculum travesty the past nine years. So hurrah to the cram schools for these results! (Lindamood-Bell, C2, Abacus Math...)

Uh...this is high schools. The curriculum deficiency was ES and MS.
Idiot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:? I think that list looks pretty good for MCPS. Comparing a large public school system that has 30% FARMs to private schools that have less than 5% FARMS, and can be selective in who they let in? That is an apples to oranges comparison.

Is this the weekly I hate MCPS thread?

On DCUM, it's the daily I-hate-MCPS thread.

I know these posters are so privileged and spoiled rotten that nothing is ever good enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of these 'rankings' are a self licking ice cream cone to make us feel better for the taxes we pay for substandard results. Read the Kirwan Commission Report for the real truth, not 'niche'. Our best students are likely two to three years behind their international peers. Also, when one of these schools -- MCPS included -- has the courage to take an international benchmark test like the PISA then we should give them a bow. MCPS central office deserves as much daily scorn as they receive on this board - probably even a little more -- for the curriculum travesty the past nine years. So hurrah to the cram schools for these results! (Lindamood-Bell, C2, Abacus Math...)

Uh...this is high schools. The curriculum deficiency was ES and MS.
Idiot

Kirwan commission was that scam to loot moco schools to help fund Baltimore build another sports arena.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of these 'rankings' are a self licking ice cream cone to make us feel better for the taxes we pay for substandard results. Read the Kirwan Commission Report for the real truth, not 'niche'. Our best students are likely two to three years behind their international peers. Also, when one of these schools -- MCPS included -- has the courage to take an international benchmark test like the PISA then we should give them a bow. MCPS central office deserves as much daily scorn as they receive on this board - probably even a little more -- for the curriculum travesty the past nine years. So hurrah to the cram schools for these results! (Lindamood-Bell, C2, Abacus Math...)

Actually, all attempts to analyze international scores - both at the national and the state levels - have shown that our "best" students are roughly equivalent to the "best" students elsewhere.

One of the problems with comparing US scores to international scores is that we have an entirely different public education system. It's like asking why the UK has a better prime minister than we do, or why Japan's emperor is better. You can't compare apples to apples because other countries structure their public education completely differently, and therefore a different subset of kids is sitting for the test.

A core tenet of American public education is that everyone gets some academic instruction through Grade 12, and that everyone gets a least restrictive environment. It makes zero sense to then compare ALL US students to a system where kids with learning differences are filtered out.

However, again, when you look at the top percentiles of US kids, they are equivalent to the top percentiles elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

MCPS schools are generally fine, your list confirms this. Competitive with best private schools here. MD is the richest state in the union, abundance of good private and prep schools. As wealth increases, it is to be expected that private schools will move up as more people can afford them. What is with putting MCPS down all the time? Sure math 2.0 was a disaster, but schools are good, and still many ahead of first non MCPS listed even on your list, River Hill, which is in a million range houses area. Sherwood HS has many kids who are living in above 700K houses, hence can afford plenty of tutoring, look it up people.

[Anonymous]

They may be fine but mcps are in decline . It’s stiop overall a good system but it’s getting worse. In 10 years it will be much worse than it is today .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They may be fine but mcps are in decline . It’s stiop overall a good system but it’s getting worse. In 10 years it will be much worse than it is today .

Everything is in decline. In the past, even the future used to be better.

[Anonymous]

I don't really put into emphasis into these types of ratings/sites but the list/rankings doesn't really seem to say anything new or different.

Two things though:

-there are homes in the Marriotts Ridge area that were selling for around $400k when we were looking within the last five years. Was kind of playing around with the idea of moving there but wanted to stay close to the DC area.

-I thought Howard High School was one of the not so great schools in Howard County. So not bad that it came in ranked at 50 in the list.

[Anonymous]

Love that Quince Orchard came in at #36, above Heights and a bunch of other private schools.

Waiting for the DCUM posters to tell me again about how much QOHS is a horrid, gang-filled s*thole.

[Anonymous]

Good job McLean School!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love that Quince Orchard came in at #36, above Heights and a bunch of other private schools.

Waiting for the DCUM posters to tell me again about how much QOHS is a horrid, gang-filled s*thole.

Apparently your are really looking forward to that, and actually asking for it?

If you hadn't raised the issue, no one here would have paid any attention to where QO ranked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love that Quince Orchard came in at #36, above Heights and a bunch of other private schools.

Waiting for the DCUM posters to tell me again about how much QOHS is a horrid, gang-filled s*thole.

Apparently your are really looking forward to that, and actually asking for it?

If you hadn't raised the issue, no one here would have paid any attention to where QO ranked.

Are you new around here? QOHS is a frequent target for arrogant W parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love that Quince Orchard came in at #36, above Heights and a bunch of other private schools.

Waiting for the DCUM posters to tell me again about how much QOHS is a horrid, gang-filled s*thole.

Apparently your are really looking forward to that, and actually asking for it?

If you hadn't raised the issue, no one here would have paid any attention to where QO ranked.

Are you new around here? QOHS is a frequent target for arrogant W parents.

That doesn't mean that people would pick on it in this thread, just because it ranked #36.

Oh, forgive me for not noticing it: it looks that YOU (I assume you were the PP) deliberated picked QO out and asked people to attack it.

So maybe you are partially right: you are making QO a target. Whether you are a "arrogant W parent", I don't know.